\Graze\ (gr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grazed}
(gr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Grazing}.] [OE. grasen, AS.
grasian, fr. gr[ae]s grass. See {Grass}.]
1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to
   furnish pasture for.
         A field or two to graze his cows.     --Swift.
2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a
   pasture); to browse.
         The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
                                               --Pope.
3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
         When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. --Shak.
4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in
   passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

\Graze\, v. i.
1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze
   on the meadows.
2. To yield grass for grazing.
         The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never
         graze to purpose. --Bacon.
3. To touch something lightly in passing.

\Graze\, n.
1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.]
         Turning him out for a graze on the common. --T.
                                               Hughes.
2. A light touch; a slight scratch.